Stick on insulators

ABSTRACT

An insulation assembly for a building structure and which includes a device for quickly and easily securing the insulation, to wall joists so to eliminate the job of stapling insulation to the joists, the present insulator consisting of soft woolly insulation material such as glass-fiber placed between paper or equivalent sheets which are glued together along their side edges, and these side edges on one outer side of having a pressure sensitive adhesive applied thereto which is covered by a removable protective strip of paper that can be peeled off to expose the adhesive for placements against the wall joists.

United States Patent [1 1 Franklin 1 STICK ON INSULATORS [76] Inventor:Andrew T. Franklin, Togiak, Alaska [22] Filed: Aug. 9, 1971 [211' Appl.No.: 170,228

[52] US. Cl. ..52/l73, 52/406, 161/167,

161/112, 161/147, 161/406, 206/D1G. 18 [51] Int. Cl. ..E04b 1/88 [58]Field of Search 52/404, 406, 127,

DlG. 18; 248/205 A [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Parker..52/406 X Finefrock ..52/1 27 X FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 10/1966 France 248/205 A 1 May 1,1973

Primary Examiner-Henry C. Sutherland Assistant Examiner-Carl D. Friedman5 7 ABSTRACT An insulation assembly for a building structure and whichincludes a device for quickly and easily securing the insulation, towall joists so to eliminate the job of stapling insulation to thejoists, the present insulator consisting of soft woolly insulationmaterial such as glass-fiber placed between paper or equivalent sheetswhich are glued together along their side edges, and

these side edges on one outer side of having a pressure sensitiveadhesive applied thereto which is covered by V a removable protectivestrip of paper that can be peeled off to expose the adhesive forplacements against the wall joists.

1 Claim, 5 Drawing Figures Patented May 1, 1973 3,729,879

//V VEA/TO/Q STICK ON INSULATORS This invention relates generally tostructured insulation. It is generally well known in the building tradethat sheets of wall and ceiling insulation comes in rolls which isunrolled and positioned between floor or wall joists or studs and isthen secured thereto by stapling. The stapling operation takes timeparticularly where a great amount of insulation is being applied. Thissituation accordingly is in need of an improvement.

Accordingly it is a principle object of the present invention to providean insulation assembly that has self contained means to attach to thestuds or joists of a building construction so to eliminate the necessityof stapling the same.

Another object is to provide an insulation assembly wherein adhesivestrips are incorporated along the side edges thereof so that theassembly can be adhesively secured by simply sticking on.

Another object is to provide an insulation assembly wherein the adhesivestrip is designed so to not readily peel off a securing support.

Other objects are to provide. a stick on insulator which is simple indesign, inexpensive to manufacture, rugged in construction, easy to useand efficient in operation.

These and other objects will be readily evident upon a study of thefollowing specification and the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the invention secured to building studs.

FIG. 2 is a view of the insulation assembly is process of being readiedfor mounting to studs.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken on line 3-3 ofFIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 1 and showing a modified design of theinvention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged detail thereof showing the adhesive being exposedfor mounting the insulation.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, and more particularly at thistime to FIG. 1 to 3, the reference numeral represents a stick oninsulation assembly according to the present invention wherein there isa conside of one of the papers 13 a coating of pressure sensitiveadhesive 16 which is then covered by a protective plastic coated paperstrip 17.

In operative use, to secure the assembly 10 to a stud 18, all that isnecessary is to peel off the strip 17 so to expose the adhesive 16. Theassembly is then placed against the studs and with a rubbing pressure bya hand, the insulation is quickly and easily secured in position.

In a modified design of the invention shown in FIG. 4 and 5, theinsulation assembly 19 includes all of the above described features andis additionally provided with means to prevent the assembly 10 frompeeling off the studs, such as might occur if a part of the adhesive 16looses its hold of the stud, such as if a top of the insulation 10 getsloose, then gravity would cause the top of it to roll down andpeel offthe stud.

1118 is prevented in the assembly 19 by means of a series of invertedU-shaped slits 20 made through the edge area 14 of the assembly 10 sothat an upwardly extending tongue 21 continues to grip the stud in casethe remainder of the edge area gets loosened. The lower ends of theslits are rounded as shown at 22 to aid in preventing a tear to start aslikely as would occur if it were sharp, thus preventing a loosened edgearea 14 from tearing in case an upper portion is loosened and hangsdown.

Thus a stick on insulation is provided.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction it is to beunderstood that such changes will be within the spirit and scope of thepresent invention.

I claim:

1. In a stick-on insulation, the combination of an assembly comprised ofa woolly mass of insulating material such as glass-fiber, a pair ofrectangular paper panels, said woolly mass being placed between saidpapers, and the longitudinal side edges of said papers being securedtogether to form a pocket within which said mass is contained and saidassembly means to be secured to building studs, wherein said means comprises a coating of pressure sensitive adhesive applied along said sideedge and to an outer side of one of said papers, said adhesive beingtemporarily protected from contact by foreign objects by means of astrip of plastic coated paper that can be readily peeled off, whereinsaid side edges having said pressure sensitive adhesive applied theretoare additionally provided with a series of inverted U-shaped slits so asto form upwardly extending tongues for maintaining adhesion to saidstuds while other portions of said adhesive become loosened.

1. In a stick-on insulation, the combination of an assembly comprised ofa woolly mass of insulating material such as glassfiber, a pair ofrectangular paper panels, said woolly mass being placed between saidpapers, and the longitudinal side edges of said papers being securedtogether to form a pocket within which said mass is contained and saidassembly means to be secured to building studs, wherein said meanscomprises a coating of pressure sensitive adhesive applied along saidside edge and to an outer side of one of said papers, said adhesivebeing temporarily protected from contact by foreign objects by means ofa strip of plastic coated paper that can be readily peeled off, whereinsaid side edges having said pressure sensitive adhesive applied theretoare additionally provided with a series of inverted U-shaped slits so asto form upwardly extending tongues for maintaining adhesion to saidstuds while other portions of said adhesive become loosened.